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About FreeBSD

What is FreeBSD?

FreeBSD is an operating system for a variety of
platforms which focuses on features,
speed, and
stability. It is derived from BSD, the version of
UNIXÂ® developed at the
University of California, Berkeley. It is developed
and maintained by a
large community.

Cutting edge features

FreeBSD offers advanced networking, performance, security
and compatibility
features
today which are still missing in other operating systems,
even some of the best commercial ones.

Powerful Internet solutions

FreeBSD makes an ideal Internet or Intranet
server. It provides robust network services under the heaviest
loads and uses memory efficiently to maintain good response
times for thousands of simultaneous user processes.

Advanced Embedded Platform

FreeBSD brings advanced network operating system
features to appliance and embedded platforms, from
higher-end Intel-based appliances to ARM, PowerPC,
and MIPS hardware platforms. From
mail and web appliances to routers, time servers,
and wireless access points, vendors around the
world rely on FreeBSD's integrated build and
cross-build environments and advanced features as
the foundation for their embedded products. And
the Berkeley open source license lets them decide
how many of their local changes they want to
contribute back.

Run a huge number of
applications

Easy to install

FreeBSD can be installed from a variety of media
including CD-ROM, DVD, or directly over the network
using FTP or NFS. All you need are
these
directions.

FreeBSD is free

While you might expect an operating system with these
features to sell for a high price, FreeBSD is available
free of charge
and comes with the source code. If you would like to
purchase or download a copy to try out,
more
information is available.

Contributing to FreeBSD

It is easy to contribute to FreeBSD. All you need to do
is find a part of FreeBSD which you think could be
improved and make those changes (carefully and cleanly)
and submit that back to the Project by means of a bug report
or a committer, if you know one. This could be anything
from documentation to artwork to source code. See the
Contributing
to FreeBSD article for more information.

Even if you are not a programmer, there are other
ways to contribute to FreeBSD. The FreeBSD
Foundation is a non-profit organization for which
direct contributions are fully tax deductible. Please
contact info@FreeBSDFoundation.org
for more information or write to: The FreeBSD
Foundation, 5757 Central Ave, Suite 201,
Boulder, CO 80301,
USA.